Kirche am Steinhof, Vienna
Opened in 1907 as part of the largest mental hospital and sanatorium of its time in Europe, this Art Noveau church was constructed by the Viennese master architect Otto Wagner.
Opened in 1907 as part of the largest mental hospital and sanatorium of its time in Europe, this Art Noveau church was constructed by the Viennese master architect Otto Wagner. It is probably the only example of Art Noveau sacral architecture worldwide.
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Kirche am Steinhof and Nearby Sights on Map
Wagner Villa
You can see his private lodging in a very eccentric design
Hietzing
A residential area which used to be a village once, but gained importance as the Schönbrunn Palace, was erected nearby
Werkbundsiedlung Wien
Inspired by the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and initiated by architect Josef Frank, the Werkbundsiedlung public estate housing project in the Lainz Municipality of Hietzing was built from 1930 to 1932 by numerous national and international architects of the time (amongst those famous names like Adolf Loos and Gerrit Rietvelt) and has fine examples of Bauhaus style architecture
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
Technical Museum
This newly renovated museum exhibits machines, transportations, electronic equipment, and the like from their first design up to their current form
Schloss Schönbrunn
Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996
Pathological and Anatomical State Museum
Housed in a squat tower, which once was an insane asylum, the Narrenturm (Fool's Tower), this museum contains some of the dustier corners of the annals of medicine
Austrian Parliament Building
The Austrian Parliament Building is a magnificent and imposing building in marble where the Nationalrat (National Council) and Bundesrat (Federal Council) meet
Türkenschanzpark
A very beautiful park, inaugurated in 1888 by Austrian emperor Franz Joseph
The Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna Furniture Museum
Houses the largest furniture collection in the world